Brown Deer senior apartments to expand

Deerwood Crossing, a 66-unit apartment building for seniors, will add 30 more apartments under a proposal endorsed by the Brown Deer Plan Commission.

The Village Board is to review the proposal at its Monday meeting, said Nate Piotrowski, community development director.

Deerwood Crossing, 4195 W. Bradley Road, opened in 2010, and has over 100 prospective renters on its waiting list, Piotrowski said. It was developed by Jewish Family Services and General Capital Group LLP, and an expansion has long been planned.

The developers hope to begin construction before the end of the year, Piotrowski said. The expansion would take about a year to complete, he said.

Jewish Family Services and General Capital Group also developed the nearby Bradley Crossing, a 60-unit apartment community, which includes several units for disabled people, at 4375 W. Bradley Road.

Bradley Crossing, which also has a community center for Brown Deer residents and offices for Jewish Family Services, is to be completed in November, Piotrowski said.

Commercial Real Estate News

For decades, Brookfield's Blue Mound Road has been the Milwaukee area's busiest retail corridor, extending westward from its anchor at Brookfield Square mall to Barker Road.

Now, that landscape is changing, with five major retail projects under construction — including Brookfield Square's latest redevelopment phase, and the Von Maur department store-anchored retail center known as The Corners.

Blue Mound Road features dozens of shopping centers and stand-alone retail buildings on the three-mile stretch between Moorland and Barker Roads. Those buildings have long enjoyed high occupancy rates, said Bruce Westling, principal at NAI MLG Commercial and a veteran retail leasing broker.(13)